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St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 46.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
42.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
7.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.08 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.5[6] 39.4%[6]
2023/24 49[4] 48.7%[4] -0.08[4]
2022/23 49.3[7] 50%[7] +0.09[7]
2021/22 50.6[8] 53%[8] -0.04[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
10.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 13.9%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 6%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 7.9%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 6.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
58% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
24% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
11% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 54%[15] 17%[15] 15%[15] 4%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 57%[16] 21%[16] 10%[16] 0%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 50%[17] 21%[17] 24%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 63%[18] 5%[18] 22%[18] 1%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
52% 2022/23[19]
Education
56% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 52%[20] 58%[20] 8%[20] 23%[20]
2020/21 86%[21] 55%[21] 60%[21] 4%[21] 21%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 53%[22] 63%[22] 2%[22] 23%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 49%[23] 56%[23] 8%[23] 24%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
69% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
13% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 68%[26] 19%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 15%[25] 9%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 66%[27] 5%[27] 5%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 62%[28] 11%[28] 9%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
21 Mar 2023[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
18 May 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Jan 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
719 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
284 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
175 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 776[31] 300[31] 185[31] 4.2[31] 1.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024 683[31] 273[31] 200[31] 3.4[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2023 706[31] 263[31] 204[31] 3.5[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2022 670[31] 251[31] 177[31] 3.8[31] 1.4[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
949[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://stwilfrids.com/[1]
District
Crawley[32]
Postcode
RH11 8PG[1]
URN
126095[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1174 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
31.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
16.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
16% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
59.2%[34]
Mixed
13.6%[34]
Asian
14%[34]
Black
9.8%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[34]
Unclassified
1.1%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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